VAPES BOSS: I WOULD BACK ONE-USE BAN

But shop owner Doug demands safeguards against black market

- MARCELLO MEGA

A SHOPKEEPER who makes and sells vaping products would support a ban on disposables as long as it didn't create a black market.

Doug Mutter, of VPZ in Edinburgh, claimed a ban in Australia had led to illegal and unsafe products being sold there underground.

But he insisted the industry in the UK recognised the need to address the impact of single-use products on the environment.

An urgent review ordered by the Scottish Government is to report within days. It was commissioned after a campaign by climate activist Laura Young who had been collecting dozens of disposable vapes each day while walking her dog in Dundee.